Senior Punjab Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said the province's cultural heritage and tourist sites are being developed to boost tourism and create jobs.
The St. Pokrovsky Church in Kyiv, built in 1906, sustained damage in a Russian attack on September 24, according to Ukrainian officials.
BBC News highlights efforts by individuals and groups seeking accountability for the loss of cultural monuments in war zones worldwide.
A historic Aztec manuscript held in France for roughly 200 years has been sent back to Mexico under a loan arrangement, according to Deutsche Welle.
A 16th-century pictorial manuscript chronicling Aztec history went on display in Mexico City, nearly 200 years after it left the country, as France's National Library lends the prized document amid Mexican calls for its permanent return.
Mikhail Myagkov, a Russian historian affiliated with a state-backed history association, said Russia will not abandon efforts to secure the return of ancient Scythian gold artifacts to Crimea, according to TASS.
Esmaeil Baqaei says Iran's historical and civilizational heritage plays a strategic role in the country's diplomatic outreach, according to IRNA.
The fifth annual event recognized individuals credited with preserving Iran's cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts sectors, according to Iranian state news agency IRNA.
On the centennial of John Coltrane's birth, his family is working to transform the Philadelphia house where he lived during a formative period in the 1950s into a heritage and community space, according to NPR News.